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The Magical Number Four in Children's Mental Rotation of Cube Aggregates
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Lütke, Nikolay; Lange-Küttner, Christiane – Developmental Psychology, 2021
We investigated mental rotation in children by systematically varying the adult cube aggregate's set size, rotation angle, and picture/depth plane rotations in a new test. Eighty 4- to 11-year-old mainly middle-class children (British Indian and British African majority and white minority; 40 girls and 40 boys) were assessed using the new…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Spatial Ability, Visualization, Children
Understanding of Object Rotation between Two and Three Years of Age
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Pedrett, Salome; Kaspar, Lea; Frick, Andrea – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Toddlers' understanding of object rotation was investigated using a multimethod approach. Participants were 44 toddlers between 22 and 38 months of age. In an eye-tracking task, they observed a shape that rotated and disappeared briefly behind an occluder. In an object-fitting task, they rotated wooden blocks and fit them through apertures.…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Eye Movements, Age Differences, Object Manipulation
Knowing, Applying, and Reasoning about Arithmetic: Roles of Domain-General and Numerical Skills in Multiple Domains of Arithmetic Learning
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Zhang, Xiao; Räsänen, Pekka; Koponen, Tuire; Aunola, Kaisa; Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – Developmental Psychology, 2017
The longitudinal relations of domain-general and numerical skills at ages 6-7 years to 3 cognitive domains of arithmetic learning, namely knowing (written computation), applying (arithmetic word problems), and reasoning (arithmetic reasoning) at age 11, were examined for a representative sample of 378 Finnish children. The results showed that…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Logic, Short Term Memory
Mental Spatial Transformations of Objects and Bodies: Different Developmental Trajectories in Children from 7 to 11 Years of Age
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Crescentini, Cristiano; Fabbro, Franco; Urgesi, Cosimo – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Despite the large body of knowledge on adults suggesting that 2 basic types of mental spatial transformation--namely, object-based and egocentric perspective transformations--are dissociable and specialized for different situations, there is much less research investigating the developmental aspects of such spatial transformation systems. Here, an…
Descriptors: Children, Child Development, Spatial Ability, Age Differences
Spatial Abilities across the Adult Life Span
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Borella, Erika; Meneghetti, Chiara; Ronconi, Lucia; De Beni, Rossana – Developmental Psychology, 2014
The study investigates age-related effects across the adult life span on spatial abilities (testing subabilities based on a distinction between spatial visualization, mental rotation, and perspective taking) and spatial self-assessments. The sample consisted of 454 participants (223 women and 231 men) from 20 to 91 years of age. Results showed…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Visualization
Effects of a Classroom Intervention with Spatial Play Materials on Children's Object and Viewer Transformation Abilities
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Vander Heyden, Karin M.; Huizinga, Mariette; Jolles, Jelle – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Children practice their spatial skills when playing with spatial toys, such as construction materials, board games, and puzzles. Sex and SES differences are observed in the engagement in such spatial play activities at home, which relate to individual differences in spatial performance. The current study investigated the effects of explicitly…
Descriptors: Intervention, Play, Games, Puzzles